What a damn shame. I grew up watching him too. Reports online were that he was an ass, but all I ever heard about him was that he was just an ordinary guy that would hang out with the locals and would treat everyone as if he had known them his entire life.

That link you posted to WITN 7...

That is one of the three TV stations I used to get when I was a kid.

Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to poor